Car-coupling



B. TAYLOR GAR COUPLING.

(No Model.)

. Patented Nov. 27, 1883.

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BENJAMIN TAYLOR, OF MORRILLTON, ARKANSAS.

CAR-COUPLING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 289,172, dated November27, 1883.

Application filed October 12, 1883. (No model.) I

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN TAYLOR, of Morrillton, in the county ofConway and State of Arkansas, have invented a new and Improved(Jar-Coupling, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

The invention consists in the construction of a draw-head having anupwardly and backwardly inclined slot in each side, through which slotsa bolt is passed, which is held in the ends of a stirrup provided withsuitable.

means for raising it. The drawbar is provided with a recess in its top,whereby a head will be formed on each end of the drawbar, which headscan catch automatically on the crossbolts in the draw-heads.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in both the figures.

Figure 1 shows two of my improved ourl-ouplings, one being shown inlongitudinal section and the other in longitudinal elevation, partsbeing broken out. Fig. 2 is an end view of a car provided with myimproved coupling.

The drawhead A is provided with the usual longitudinal opening, A, andin each side with a short slot, B, which is inclined from the bottom tothe top and from the front to the rear. A bolt, 0, passes transverselythrough the draw-head and through the slots B. The ends of a stirrup, D,having an inverted-V-shaped top, are mounted on the ends of the bolt 0.A rod, E, coupled to the top of the stirrup, passes throughsuitableguide-eyes on the end of the car, and extends up to'the roof.Two levers, F, pivoted on the end of the car, extend to the sides of thesame, and have their inner ends coupled to the top of the stirrup D. Thedraw-bar G has its ends beveled, and is provided in its top with arecess, G, extending to near the ends, and thereby forming a head, G",on the upper surface of the draw-bar keep it raised until the head G haspassed;

then the bolt 0 drops again and the cars are coupled, for if the bar Gis drawn in the direction toward the outer end of the draw-head theinner ends of the hooks or heads G catch on the bolts G. If the cars areto be nocoupled, the bolt 0 is raised by means of the rod E or thelevers F. The draw-bar can then be withdrawn.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. The combination, with a draw-head hav ing upwardlyand backwardly inclined slots in the sides, of a bolt passed through thesaid. slots and held in the end of a stirrup-franie provided with meansfor raising it, substantially as herein shown and described.

2. The combination, with a car, of the drawhead A, having upwardly andbackwardly inclined slots in the sides, the bolt 0, passed through theslots, the stirrup D, the rod E, and the levers F, substantially asherein shown and described.

3. The combination, with a car, of the drawhead A having upwardly andbackwardly inclined slots in the sides, the bolt 0, the stirrup D, meansfor raising it, and the draw-bar G, provided in its top with a recessforming a head, G", at each end of the draw-bar, substantially as hereinshown and described.

BENJAMIN TAYLOR.

Witnesses:

W. L. \Vooi), H. V. Gnozrnn.

